It's so awesome being able to watch this in slow-mo, watch them palm the balls, blatantly reach into their pockets, sling second balls back into the empty cups, etc... I don't think it diminishes the trick at all, but rather, it shows off how complex the trick is, and, how well they choreograph their every move.
There are some wonderful things for the audience who is doing that too. First ball Teller palms in his right hand while disappearing it from his left. He then feeds that ball under the next cup to prepare it to be revealed. So when he disappears the second ball you expect him to do the same: palm in the right, disappear from the left... except after he disappears from the left, he opens and shows his right hand. He doesn't have the second disappeared ball, Penn does. There is no reason to reveal this in the classic trick. The ball was disappeared, it doesn't matter who secretly has it. It is a subtle hand motion that is only relevant for audience members who are very closely following the trick and trying to actively track the balls. The trick would work just as well without that reveal. That is the best part of Penn and Teller magic. There is a show within a show. They aren't satisfied with tricking you, they also want to impress you as you try and work out the trick.
It was a deliberate trick called a blink mic. Deliberately placed mic on someone who doesn’t or isn’t going to talk. Like Kermit the frog holding a mic.
Teller has the patience of a saint. Idk how you sit there having an opinion & not being able to say it. I like to think that Penn knows how Teller feels enough to add in what Teller would want to say as well. Teller is such a brilliant man. I love hearing his philosophies when he does speak.
@@yerik6034 It's part of the entire act. He's a guy named "Teller" that doesn't speak. The act has been portrayed this way for decades. Teller will speak when he's not on stage in a preforming aspect. I've heard him doing symposiums and lectures and he's an amazing talent. But to have him suddenly speak while on TV doing promotional work or stage preforming would take away from the style they have perfected over the years. Here on RU-vid there are several videos of such events where Teller speaks his mind and talks about his past and how he became friends and partners with Penn. Look 'em up! I think you'll be impressed with just how well spoken he really is.
@@Tedybear315 He usually speaks on theses types of things. I suppose because they would be preforming right after is why he didnt. Hes the actual slight of hand expert in their act. Theres a reason Pen mostly explains while Teller performs. Teller is a masterclass in the art of slight of hand.
You can only get away with showing the trick if it's just as amazing to watch when you know the secret. That requires magicians at the top of their game relying on their skills and showmanship.
Once you start seeing though the showmanship (distraction methods) and observing there hands 👐 you start seeing how rubbish some of them are at sleight of hand 🖐️ lol
@@cometvaudin2850 Did I say or even use the word rubbish in my comment? 🤷♂️ There obviously skilled at what they do, just making an observation that's all. I actually like there show where they invite people to try and fool them and they did explain the trick themselves at the end so maybe that's why they slowed it down 🤷♂️ lol
@@cometvaudin2850 I stand corrected on using the word rubbish, my bad sorry, but it is in the context of,,, some of them are rubbish,,as in just certain magicians in general(and obviously no were near as skilled as Pen and Teller) . At no point in my comment do I call them rubbish,or there act but your right I did use the word rubbish. However I think you've maybe read my comment wrong lol so sorry if you got that impression, there record speaks for itself so it's hardly rocket science that are so not RUBBISH! Is it? 😂 Take care and have a good day 👍 ✌️ ♥ 🏴
I love Teller's mic lol. But seriously, his voice is so soothing and pleasant (there are some videos of him speaking). I would love to listen to audiobooks of him.
Isn't it strange that he doesn't talk though I mean if you want to go by Voices right who would you rather hear talk Penn or teller you know what I mean
@@Treevors30 It's too big a part of the act by now, Penn doing his "carny trash" spiel serves as a misdirection that doesn't feel like filler that keeps you engaged but only exists to distract, they've built so much on that dynamic Teller suddenly speak would only take away from the trick. But in terms of something like an interview it would be nice to hear more of Teller speaking genuinely
I think one of the beauties of P&T is the fact that they do show how a trick’s performed because it’s absolutely beautiful to watch the cleverness of setting it up, misdirecting the audience and pulling it off. I love to find out if I was correct or not in thinking how it was done.
Using slo-mo to watch how the cup and ball trick is done only reinforces my admiration for their skills and coordination as a team. In slo-mo, with sound muted, you're not distracted by Penn's non-stop patter and you can clearly catch glimpses of reflected stage lights off the aluminum foil balls they're palming. And in the setup for the cup trick, Teller only shows the audience the inside bottoms of the first two cups, not the third where he stuffs the ball. The best part of their gig has always been the wry anti-magic irony. It seems like they're deliberately giving away secrets and showing us "tells" as a distraction from the real tricks.
You don't need to do that. Just keep your eyes on Penn's left hand and Teller's right hand as they go out of view and that's when they load the cups from their pockets, which are also out of view. It's an excellent trick but one you know how it's done you can spot all the loads' quite easily. The absolute master of the cups and balls routine, and many magicians agree, was the late Paul Daniels.
they always miss a golden opportunity in every interview like this to have the interviewer directly ask teller a question and he opens his mouth about to speak and penn just answers it for him
The talent to be able to perform this trick flawlessly at the speed they are doing it, with clear plastic cups, after they showed us where they are hiding the extra balls, while they are explaining what they are doing in real time, and its still difficult to see much, is truly amazing.
Watching these interviews with Penn being voice for the both, I wonder how well spoken Teller is. Having studied classics and taught Latin .. presumably fairly refined
I really like penn and tellers work. For everyone who wonders "szultán" the hungarian word penn explains isn't simply means king, it was used for the turkish king in the middle ages.
I love how when Penn says "I've forgotten what level of Dante's hell that is" and Teller instantly responds by showing 6* fingers. So brilliantly connected these two are!! 5:04 Edit: I had previously incorrectly said "5*"
Love the hell out of P&T. aside from their stage act. They had one of my all time favorite shows called, 'Bullshit'. Coming out around the show 'Mythbusters'. both shows got to the truth, and shined the light on a lot of BS.
the pen and teller version makes me laugh every time i see it. its absolutely hilarious. when he yells at us about how he isnt juggling. the misdirection works even better cause i find myself having to rewind and see teller use momentum to slam the cup down with the tinfoil. my brain just cant keep up with how much this act displays
But would that extend to all tricks? Obviously the cups and balls in this video is designed to have that effect. But some magic tricks, like Penn said, just have a really ugly method. Nothing super clever, nothing super fascinating - really better not to know and enjoy the magic.
Cups and balls again?! I've seen them do that a hundred times. Now it's 101. But really, a great trick. They are the best. I look forward to performance 102!
9:16 I caught him took the 2 more tinfoil balls out of his pockets while he was talking it means they can't fool us Edit: you know what after I saw they revealed the trick I still felt I'm stupid cuz of how fast the big tinfoil balls and baseball appears
I must be thicker than the average bear. Tested at 167 I.Q. in elementary school+got my first magic set when I was a pre-teen. When I say I must be sick if I watched and tell her to do this ball and cup trick and then do it a second time and then do it with clear cups and I'm no more aware of how they did that trick then when they first started the trip LOL
Teller passes off as a mute disabled guy more realistically. Penn doesn't look like a disabled guy so he would be heckled if he made a mistake but Teller wouldn't as no one would laugh or shout abuse at a disabled guy so he pretends to be mute
Blaine is a beast. Yeah it’s illusions but as of now no body does live street magic better. I’ve seen him on the street and it’s still like wtf just happend
If you watch closely, Penn purposely left or changed certain details in the explanation, such as already having another ball in the third cup, and not actually pretending to take the balls out but instead swapping them out with others. Obviously intentional, but I wonder why he wasn't being completely honest. Maybe so that there's still magic to it even when you go back and watch the trick while looking for the slight of hand? Speaking of the slight of hand, it's amazing how quick they are. Literally, if you blink you miss it
It's easy for them to want to use "trick" when that's all they do. David Blaine's stunts certainly go beyond being trickery. I don't like them, but I wouldn't categorize them with magic tricks.
